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Gallows humor to be sure, but some Mexicans have chosen to turn a crisis into an opportunity for creative expression.
And before the Wolf and Certainly Not News get us all too hysterical, remember this: 36,000 people die every year from the flu in the US, so until we hit 100 deaths a day, this ain't no thing.
More Painted Masks
Photo © 2009 Daily Telegraph.
Really quite stunning to think that tobacco companies--with the collusion of ad agencies--were running these ads when they knew the harmful effects of smoking.
'For 30 days test Camels'...and get hooked.
Would love to have been the wall–fly at the client/agency meeting when this concept was pitched.
The official Tooth Fairy Kit comprises a Certificate of Record for kids to file with their local fairy each time they lose a tooth, and a cloth deposit bag to place the prized tooth in. Which Mommy––err––the Tooth Fairy will collect and replace with cash money.
Makes us want to lose our teeth all over again.
Range anxiety: the fear electric car drivers have of running out of battery power miles from home.
Your alternative fuel primer:
Electric Drive Transportation Authority
Jerome
Bonnet, based in France, won second prize in the Portraits Singles
category in the 2008 World Press Photo Awards with his portrait of
Dennis Hopper.
This is not Dennis Hopper, it's David Lynch, but we prefer the shot.
We found a good way to recycle those unwanted twenties.
Go ahead, stamp this on a Jackson and send the world a message.
What better way to discourage bear attacks when camping in the woods than to make them think you've already been eaten by another bear?
Artist EIko Ishizawa has created this zippered sleeping bag for a "warm and safe night's sleep."
No word yet on the field tests.
At the New York Auto Show last week Audi had every one of its '09 production models on display in just one color: white.
The effect was compelling, forcing you to look at the lines and negative shapes, not the colors.
Now I'm sure someone client-side pushed back when this idea was floated: "But the R8 looks great in silver!" Fortunately, someone else had the Bransonesque strength and vision to carry this through and, along with Scion, they stole the show.
We like to think they embraced the philosophy of Household Name:
"Great ideas only ever emerge from companies with an idiosyncratic business ethic––businesses that encourage rebellion and free-thinking."
On the very next warm Thursday evening stroll down to the Gagosian Gallery at 522 West 21st Street in Chelsea and witness 'Picasso: Mosqueteros.'
John Richardson, the renowned Picasso biographer, has selected and installed some of the artist's most powerful late pieces for one of the best Picasso shows in a decade.
Our favorite Picasso quote: "Good artists copy; great artists steal."
Picasso at the Gagosian runs until June 6th.
Susan Boyle, 47, unemployed, "never been kissed," aspiring singer from Lothian in Scotland walked on to the stage of 'Britain's Got Talent' a few nights ago and became a worldwide YouTube phenomenon.
Well, what else would you call five million hits a day?
We're hoping this might be the harbinger of a return to authenticity and true talent.
And to think she'd never have made it onto 'American Idol' because of the age restrictions.
Say what you will about repressive communist states, they do understand the power of iconography, design, and scale to subsume the individual.
Above a Pyongyang convention commemorating the late
"Great Leader" Kim Il-sung's 97th birthday.
An example of the 'too perfect' theory perhaps?
Today we begin a series of game-killing arguments for you to unleash upon those dinner guests unwilling to embrace logic, reason, and common sense.
(Why they were invited to dinner in the first place is another question.)
Claim: "We never went to the moon––it was all faked."
Rebuttal: "So if we faked it once, why would we need to fake it five more times?"
Fact: We went to the moon twice in 1969, twice in 1971, and twice in 1972.
Above, the 1978 overdue-for-a-remake conspiracy theorist classic directed by Peter Hyams.
O.J. as a moonman? Now that's unbelievable.
"Survival is the new success."
-– Household Name.
Dear Hockey Fans,
If you chose to take your kids to watch two guys beat each others brains out in an officially sanctioned arena, take 'em boxing and just admit that's your intention.
That the NHL believes ice-brawling helps their brand image and encourages more families to attend is not borne out by the facts: attendance is down; ticket prices are sliding.
Resident goons Raitis Ivanans of the Los Angeles Kings' and Edmonton Oilers' Zack Stortini (above) fight during the second period in Edmonton, Canada. And the referees stand by. Family entertainment? Hmmm, not exactly.
Dear NHL,
Let's clean the blood off the ice shall we?
Lowest-common-denominator presidential bandwagoning continues with the June release of 'Barack the Barbarian.'
Chicago-based Devil's Due Publishing will publish the comic featuring Obama as the muscle-bound, loincloth-wearing president of, where else, 'Kickassistan.'
The soon-to-be collector's first edition sees the B-man tackling his nemesis Sarah Palin, who sports a wolf-skin cape and her trademark glasses. And not much else. (Well, she is used to the cold.)
Somehow I doubt Malia and Sasha will be getting White House subscriptions.
Believe it or not, this little pile is a million bucks (100 packets of
$10,000).
You could easily stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.
And this is a trillion dollars.
That should make it a little easier to explain our nation's debt to your grandchildren.
Durex Performa condoms contain
benzocaine (a mild anaesthetic) which helps men last longer in bed.
To
highlight this fabulous product benefit Durex distributed limited edition
pillowcases alongside their Performa condoms at New Zealand's biggest annual
sex expo, 'Erotica.'
The results: the Durex stand was inundated––sales were up by 28%.
Now that's the kind of ROI to get any client excited.
"If the phone doesn't ring, you'll know it's me."
Warren Buffett's parting words to the CEO of a company soliciting itself to Berkshire Hathaway for purchase.
Okay, here it is:
Before the end of 2009 I predict The New York Times will either (a) become an online-only edition, or (b) fold.
"With
a $400 million May debt payment approaching like a runaway cement
truck, the Times is selling 75% of its shiny new headquarters. More
alarmingly, it has suspended its stock dividend and borrowed $250
million at usurious rates from Mexican oligarch Carlos Slim, whom a
Times editorial not long ago condemned as a "robber baron."
Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.
A rather risky April fool's joke to play at London's anti-G20 demonstration, but as John Cleese used to say: humor's only funny when someone's getting hurt.
And maybe he was a banker.
